Tiger Fur
Paint and Canvas Dakota Grow 5/4/2021 I did this piece, along with the others on this page to bring attention to the danger the different wildlife shown in these pieces are in. This one in particular is shown to note the senseless killing of Tiger's in need of their 'precious' fur. This took me about a week and a half to plan and create. |
Rhino with No Dignity
Paint and Canvas Dakota Grow 5/4/2021 This piece was to bring attention to the Rhino's being poached for their horn in order to be used in different jewelry and precious items. Cutting this off of them is like taking a piece of them that they had for so long. Taking it from them is like taking their dignity. This piece took about a week and a half to create as well. The hardest part was to map out and draw where the rhino was going to be placed. |
Be the Change
Pencil and Paper Dakota Grow 5/4/2021 This piece sort of goes off of a bit of cliché with a twist. Gorilla's are being killed for sport as a trophy. Instead of me making the classic head I chose to do a foot extended over a plaque piece. This took me about a week to complete and the hardest part was drawing the foot and making sure it was center in the page. Out of all of the pieces I did, this is the one that I was most unsure about. |
Thin Ice
Mixed Media Dakota Grow 5/4/2021 This piece shows different animals stranded on the ice in the north pole because of the melting of the ice caps. This is effecting a variety of differnet animals and making life a bit harder for them. This took me around 2 weeks to complete and the hardest part was the composition of the piece. I had to figure out how to split everything to make it look like it has depth. In the end I was successful and it turned well. |
An Elephant's Nightmare
Paint and Canvas Dakota Grow 5/4/2021 The final piece I created took an ironic approach. Elephant tusks are used to make piano tiles. I decided to make an Elephant sitting in front of a piano playing what may be his parent's remains. I chose red as the background to represent the death this baby Elephant has experienced in his lifetime. This took around a week and a half to create and I am happy how it turned out. The most difficult part was finding colors that matched what I was going for. |